Comments on: The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-new-digital-age-reshaping-the-future-of-people-nations-and-business Accelerating Intelligence Thu, 23 May 2013 21:58:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Peter Kinnon http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-new-digital-age-reshaping-the-future-of-people-nations-and-business/comment-page-1#comment-95962 Peter Kinnon Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:55:48 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=179228#comment-95962 As is the almost universal practice in such discussions, the greater evolutionary picture which strongly indicates the emergence of a new predominant cognitive entity from what is at present the Internet is ignored. The avoidance of this other inconvenient truth effected by burying of heads in sand in favor of more comfy-cozy anthropocentric conceits. The argument uncomfortably discounting the notion of humankind in some way being the be-all and end-a ll of nature's machinery is presented very informally in the free e-book download "The Goldilocks Effect: What Has Serendipity Ever Done For Us?" . A more formal and detailed treatment, "The Intricacy Generator: Pushing Chemistry Uphill" is in preparation. As is the almost universal practice in such discussions, the greater evolutionary picture which strongly indicates the emergence of a new predominant cognitive entity from what is at present the Internet is ignored.

The avoidance of this other inconvenient truth effected by burying of heads in sand in favor of more comfy-cozy anthropocentric conceits.

The argument uncomfortably discounting the notion of humankind in some way being the be-all and end-a ll of nature’s machinery is presented very informally in the free e-book download “The Goldilocks Effect: What Has Serendipity Ever Done For Us?” . A more formal and detailed treatment, “The Intricacy Generator: Pushing Chemistry Uphill” is in preparation.

]]> By: Dan Robinson http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-new-digital-age-reshaping-the-future-of-people-nations-and-business/comment-page-1#comment-95936 Dan Robinson Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:23:42 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=179228#comment-95936 Let's hope the Singularity advances faster than the Homo Sapiens infection, of our planet. Otherwise, Gore's "one issue" will be the only one we should be talking about, unless we're thinking about starting a Mars colony. Have you heard about Richard Heinberg's popular question, "Are we smarter than yeast" in their own finite world of a sealed wine cask, where they consume and pollute themselves to death? Or is our pollution somehow of value to some more advanced being, as with the yeast? Let’s hope the Singularity advances faster than the Homo Sapiens infection, of our planet. Otherwise, Gore’s “one issue” will be the only one we should be talking about, unless we’re thinking about starting a Mars colony.

Have you heard about Richard Heinberg’s popular question, “Are we smarter than yeast” in their own finite world of a sealed wine cask, where they consume and pollute themselves to death? Or is our pollution somehow of value to some more advanced being, as with the yeast?

]]> By: richiemobile http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-new-digital-age-reshaping-the-future-of-people-nations-and-business/comment-page-1#comment-95919 richiemobile Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:14:58 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=179228#comment-95919 Along with this book, another good book to read is Al Gore's new book. "The Future, Six Drivers of Global change" , Gore has been "pigeonholed"mistakenly by the collective media-mind as a one issue environmentalist post-political person. They (we) forget that he spent 8 years as Vice President. His insights are invaluable and collaborative to Schmidt & Cohen's book. Along with this book, another good book to read is Al Gore’s new book.
“The Future, Six Drivers of Global change” , Gore has been “pigeonholed”mistakenly by the collective media-mind as a
one issue environmentalist post-political person. They (we) forget
that he spent 8 years as Vice President. His insights are invaluable and collaborative to Schmidt & Cohen’s book.

]]> By: steve http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-new-digital-age-reshaping-the-future-of-people-nations-and-business/comment-page-1#comment-95903 steve Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:49:25 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=179228#comment-95903 No mention of structural unemployment and economic upheaval? No mention of structural unemployment and economic upheaval?

]]> By: high carbfoods http://www.kurzweilai.net/the-new-digital-age-reshaping-the-future-of-people-nations-and-business/comment-page-1#comment-95867 high carbfoods Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:50:31 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=179228#comment-95867 The review points some benefits of this approach of prediction. Digital Age, unless the economic benefits outweigh, developing countries won't be able to plunge into this. Inspiration is good at the Church podium, but will it alter the destiny of global economy? The review points some benefits of this approach of prediction. Digital Age, unless the economic benefits outweigh, developing countries won’t be able to plunge into this. Inspiration is good at the Church podium, but will it alter the destiny of global economy?

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